Women’s Basketball Races Past Lipscomb

Monday, November 26

CFSB Center

7 p.m.

Murray State

3-3

Lipscomb

0-4

Lipscomb

Murray State

Photo by: Tab Brockman

11/26/2012 8:01:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

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A season-low seven turnovers and the second double-double of the year from senior Mariah Robinson helped the Murray State women's basketball team record its third straight win at the CFSB Center on Monday night, a 63-55 victory over Lipscomb.

The Racers (3-3) shot a season-low 22.2 percent in the first half, including a 17.6 percent performance from 3-point range and a 55.6 percent performance from the free throw the line. The poor shooting, coupled with Lipscomb (0-4) outrebounding MSU in the opening stanza, led to Murray State trailing 26-24 at the break.

However, in the second half, the Racers caught fire and Robinson kicked it off by nailing back-to-back 3 pointers. Murray State shot 33.3 percent from the floor in the second half to finish at 27 percent. The Racers closed out the game by outscoring the Lady Bisons 17-8 in the final five minutes, to capture the 63-55 win.

Through the rebounding in the game was tied, a key factor that led to the win was the plus-10 margin Murray State enjoyed on the offensive boards. The Racers also got to the free throw line 25 times in the second half, compared to just nine in the first, and made 19 of the attempts to finish the game with a 70.6 percentage.

Robinson scored 15 points and tallied 11 rebounds to notch her second double-double of the season, while junior Erica Burgess led all scorers with 18 points to go along with eight rebounds of her own. Senior Kyra Watson was also just short of a double-double, as she had 10 points and nine rebounds. Of Watson's nine rebounds, eight came on the offensive glass.

The Racers will return to The Bank on Thursday night to host Ball State at 7 p.m.